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tl.b r March 29. 2006 •Portland (ßbserucr Focus Page B3 SUPPORT PENINSULA LITTLE LEA G U E® PRE-ORDER YOUR BBQ DINNER!JR SANDWICH A p ril 1,2006 • 12pm to 4pm BBQ Pork Sandwich $6.00 Pork Ribs or Chicken, collard greens, potato salad, bread and dessert $12.00 Dessert: Peach Cobbler or German Chocolate Cake | CALL NOW TO ORDER: 503-288-0033 or FAX 503 288 0 Pick up at Parking lot of Portland Observer 4747 NE Martin Luther King. JR. Blvy^j- Delivery .•lrfl//ad/<? (jninimuiJk2dinners or more) hhbhm Queen Latifah is the voice o f Ellie (left), a confused mammoth in Ice Age: The Meltdown opening Friday in theaters nationwide. » REGINA TAYLOR mam stage series McDonald ANIMATED FILM DEBUTDL'EFN LATIFAH Ice Age: The Meltdown opens Friday know n as Scrat. In the new film, from director Carlos Saldanha and the A cadem y Award winning cre ators o f “ Ice A ge” and "R obots," the Ice Age ¡scorning to an end, and the anim als are delighting in the m elting paradise that is their new world. A c a d e m y A w a rd n o m in e e Ray Rom ano, John Leguizam o Q ueen Latifah continues toexpand and am aze us with her boundless and D enis Leary return to voice our creative talents. Now she is m aking three heroes: M anny, Sid, and Di her anim ated feature film debut as ego. In addition to Latifah, other the voice E llie’s a confused m am new voices include Seann W illiam moth in Ice Age: The M eltdown, Scott, late night talk show king Jay scheduled for release on Friday from Leno, Will Arnett and Josh Peck. In Ice Age: The M eltdown, our 20,h C entury Fox Pictures. Latifah jo in s returning sub-zero trio is still together and enjoying heroes from “Ice A ge” - M anny the perks o f their now melting world. the woolly mammoth. Sid the sloth. M anny may be ready to start a D iego the saber-toothed tiger, and fam ily, but nobody has seen an the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat other m am m oth for a long time; , ».ANDREA FRYE Financial Group fk in the newmark Co produced with Arizona Theatre Company £ Actors Theatre of LouisvHle M anny thinks he may be the last one. That is, until he miraculously finds Ellie, the only fem ale m am moth left in the world. Their only problem s: They ca n ’t stand each other — and Ellie som ehow thinks sh e’s a possum! In casting Ellie, the film m akers searched for a voice that was rich with personality - not ju st an ac tress with a big personality. “Ellie is ju st the sw eetest, lov able lum p that y o u 'v e ever seen,” L a tifa h s a id . "B u t she ’ s ... w ell... she ’ s a little strange. A little aloof. A nd a little confused about her identity. You see, Ellie thinks sh e's a possum . But sh e’s really a woolly mammoth. T h at’s real confusion!” Crowns a musical play with hattltude i» L « r T A O U & UNDER MARCH 14 - APRIL 9, 2006 111, sw broadway www PC S ORG 503 274 -6 5 8 8 tickets start at S u n -T h u rs$ ]5 $20 PORTLAND CENTER STAGE THEATER L IV E _____________ __ _______ __ STOI I ç iR W F .S M E R R IL L C O R P O R A T IO N ¿^4 T R IM M E T U A isr«Tai<j5TO«i Rose Gilmore (from left), Quinten Brundage, Winter Wagner, Malika Smith and Chamden Henzler- Lhasawa rehearse at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center for the current tour o f the Portland Theatre Brigade. Portland Theatre Brigade on Tour The 4 8 th Annual E B O N Y F A S H IO N FAIR PRESENTS The Portland Theatre Brigade is tinue through June 20. a b ear and a fish; “T he R abbi and on its seventh season cre atin g T h is s e a s o n ’s p erfo rm an ce s the T oo Sm all H o u se,” a story multicultural folk theatre by and for in c lu d e “T he F irst S to ry ,” an ab o u t a d elig h tfu l Jew ish co u p le young people. A nanzi tale from G h an a w hich as they try all kinds o f ad vice with The IX m em bers, ranging in age includes live trad itio n al A frican a tw isted sen se o f hum or; and from 7-15 have been training to drum m ing; “Tengu and the Magic- “T he F lu te," a classic fairy tale gether since Septem ber, perfecting N ose F an,” a tale from Japan h igh steep ed in trad itio n al M ayan and voice, speech, im provisation and lighting the im p o rtan ce o f taking G u atem alan cultures. acting skills. Free perform ances for resp o n sib ility fo r y o u r ow n a c For reservations call 503-317- schools and com m unity organiza tions; “W ish F ish ,” a play about 4833 or em ail director@ theatre tions started March 1 and will co n the surprising frien d sh ip betw een brigade.org. Save This Date Sponsored by The Portland Chapter The Links, Incorporated Benefit of Links Educational/Scholarship Fund4 Friday, April 21,2006 • 8:00 P.M. Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon Etchings and w oodblocks by Portland artist Jell Phcgley will be on display during an artists reception from 6 p m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Flight 64 Printm aking S tudioduring A lberta's S treet’s Last Thursday on M arch 30. Flight 64. a non-profit cooperative dedicated to providing its m em bers with a studio environ ment for the practice o f printm aking, is located at Northeast 30lh and Alberta, behind Bella F'aceia. Phegley w ill be e x h ib itin g tw o new bodies of w ork both co m p leted and in progress. The first, a series o f w oodcuts and etch in g s, deals w ith vario u s em o tio n a l sta te s as w ell as th o u g h ts o f escape via flying m achines. G ro tesq ue photos o f soccer hoolig an ism inspire the second body o f w ork, in w hich facial ex p ressio n s are ex p lo red through etching and a q u a tin tin g . 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